Wire-grip.



No. 696,260. Patented Mar. 25, I902.

. F. T. PAGE.

WIRE GRIP.

(Apfilication filed Jung 7. 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATEs PATENT OF ICE.

FRANCIS TEMPLE PAGE, OF'IENSHURST, NEIV ZEALAND.

WIRE-GRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 696,260, dated March 25, 1902. Application filed June 7, 1901. Serial No. 63,683. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS TEMPLE PAGE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Penshurst, Pahiatua, New Zealand, have inventedancw and useful Improvement in Wire-Grips; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The grip for holding the wiresof wire fencing while they are being strained that forms the subject of this invention has been spe eially designed for use in conjunction with wire-straining appliances and for any other form of appliances in which a gripping action upon a wire is desired.

The grip consists of two oblong or other suitably-shaped pieces of metal one end of each of which is articulated to one of the arms of a pair of spring lever'arms that converge together and are joined at their other ends. To this end is secured the straining chain or cable. The other ends of the oblong-shaped pieces of metal are slightly twisted in reverse directions and have both of their sides slit for a short distance by parallel diagonal slots. The triangular pieces thus formed are turned up on one of the oblong pieces and down upon the other, so that when one piece is placed upon the other the triangular projections upon one will engage with and pass beneath the triangular projections upon the other, while the diagonal portions upon each oblong piece of metal shall lie with their faces together. The wire to be gripped and strained is laid across one of the oblong pieces and passed beneath the triangular projections upon each edge. The other oblong piece is then placed above itsfellow and the edges of its triangular projectionscaused to loosely grip the Wire between them and the edges of the projections upon the first oblong piece.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the appliances open. Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the appliances in'the grip ping position.

A B are the two oblong or other suitablyshaped pieces of metal, Whichare slightly curved in reverse directions. Each of the pieces A and B are slit diagonally on both edges, as at a a and b b, and the triangular portions thus formed are turned down on A ance and upon which the straining pull is exerted.

The wireG to be strained is laid across the piece B and placed beneath. the triangular pieces Jon both sides. The other piece A is then turned around on its pivot C and placed above the piece B in such a manner that its triangular pieces H shall project underneath the triangular pieces J upon the other oblong piece l The wire G willv thus be held between the triangulaifpieces on both the gripping-pieces A and B and will be gripped between the faces of the diagonal portions thereof. As a polling strain is exerted upon the chain F the gripping-surfaces will grip harder upon the wire, and the stronger the pull the greater will be the amount of grip. In some cases it might be advisable to shorten the gripping leverage upon the wires being strained, in-Whieh ease the arms E will'be removed from the holes C and D and inserted in the auxiliary holes 0 and D. When the wire has been strained to the necessary degree and secured, the pull upon-the chain F is removed, when the grippers will loosen their hold upontit, so that they may be removed therefrom by disengaging the triangular pieces H and J from contact with each other.

Although I have shown the gripping-pieces A and B of oblong shape, it will be understood that they may be made of any other form without departing from the principle of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In gripping appliances for use with wirestraining apparatus, a pair of gripping-pieces thatare each loosely articulated upon one of the arms of a pair of spring lever-arms, one of such gripping-pieces being formed with turned-down triangular portions upon its edges, while the other gripping-piece is formed with correspondingly turned-up portions, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In a wire-straining device the combina- Lion of a pair of gripping-pieces adapted for conjoint use as described, one formed with downturned angular projections on two opposite edges and the other with upturned angular projections on its corresponding opposite edges, and a pair of pulling-arms E on which the said gripping-pieces are respectively articulated, substantially as set forth.

3. Thecombinatiou ofthegripping member A formed with downturned angular projections (1, a on two opposite edges and a plurality of pulling-holes C, O at different distances from one end; the corresponding gripping member B formed with upturned angu- 

